Poecilanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 9 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. They grow in seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, thicket, and riverine forest.

Several Amazonian species formerly classed in Poelicanthe were reclassified into the new genera Amphiodon and Limadendron based on a 2014 molecular and morphogenetic analysis.

Species

Poecilanthe comprises the following species:

• Poecilanthe boliviana

  Poecilanthe falcata (Vell.) Heringer

• Poecilanthe fluminensis

• Poecilanthe goiasana

• Poecilanthe grandiflora Benth.

• Poecilanthe itapuana G.P.Lewis

  Poecilanthe parviflora Benth.

• Poecilanthe subcordata Benth.

• Poecilanthe ulei (Harms) Arroyo & Rudd

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